sophisticated

The word “sophisticated” has 5 syllables: so-phis-ti-ca-ted

It's pronounced as /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/

What is synonym and antonym for sophisticated?

In the thesaurus, “sophisticated” has 197 synonyms and 120 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sophisticated along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for sophisticated

Byzantine
Kafkaesque
adult
adulterated
amiable
appealing
artificial
assured
attenuated
attractive
baroque
been around
befouled
bored
byzantine
calm
cavalier
challenging
cheapened
chichi
citified
civilized
collected
complex
complexed
complexified
complicate
complicated
composed
composite
compound
confident
confounded
confused
contaminated
convoluted
cool
corrupted
cosmopolitan
counterfeited
couth
cultivated
cultured
cut
cynical
daedal
debased
debonair
defiled
degraded
delicate
detailed
developed
difficult
diluted
dirtied
disenchanted
disillusioned
doctored
down-to-earth
elaborate
elaborated
elegant
embarrassed
entangled
envenomed
expanded
experienced
exquisite
extended
extravagant
exuberant
faked
falsified
fancified
fancy
flamboyant
fouled
frilly
fudged
genteel
glib
graceful
gracious
grand
grandiose
heterogeneous
highly developed
impenetrable
in
in the know
incomprehensible
inexplicable
infected
intensified
into
intricate
involute
involuted
involved
jaded
jet-set
knotty
knowing
labyrinthian
labyrinthine
laced
laid-back
loaded
magnificent
magnified
manipulated
mature
metro
metropolitan
misrepresented
mixed
moderated
modern
mondaine
muddled
multibranched
multifaceted
multifarious
multipart
on to
ornate
ostentatious
overcomplex
overcomplicated
overwrought
perplexed
placid
poised
poisoned
polished
polluted
practical
practiced
practised
pragmatic
pragmatical
qualified
realistic
refined
schooled
seasoned
secure
self-assured
self-confident
self-possessed
serene
sharp
showy
skeptical
slick
smart
smooth
snarled
sober
soiled
souped-up
spiked
splendid
spoiled
spoilt
stagy
streetwise
studied
suave
subtle
sullied
svelte
switched-on
tainted
tangled
tempered
thinned
tough
tranquil
unctuous
undisturbed
unfathomable
unintelligible
unperturbed
uptown
urbane
varied
watered down
weakened
well-bred
wise to
wised-up
with it
world-weary
worldly
worldly-wise

Antonyms for sophisticated

abbreviated
augmented
awkward
bald
bare
bettered
boorish
callow
childlike
churlish
clarified
classless
cleaned
cleansed
clownish
clumsy
compacted
concentrated
condensed
cut
decontaminated
diffident
disentangled
distilled
eased
easy
enchanted
encouraged
enhanced
enriched
enthusiastic
excited
facilitated
fertilized
filtered
flushed
fortified
gauche
gawky
graceless
green
guileless
harsh
hick
homogeneous
idealistic
impractical
improved
inelegant
inexperienced
ingenuous
innocent
insecure
larded
leached
loutish
lubberly
modest
naive
naked
no-frills
noncomplex
noncomplicated
oversimplified
parochial
pasteurized
philistine
plain
plain-Jane
plain-vanilla
provincial
puerile
purged
purified
raw
reenforced
refined
reinforced
richened
rough-hewn
rustic
rustical
shortened
simple
simpleminded
simplified
simplistic
slow
stiff
stilted
stodgy
streamlined
strengthened
supplemented
unadorned
uncivilized
uncomfortable
uncomplicated
uncool
uncouth
uncritical
uncultivated
uncultured
undecorated
uneasy
unfancy
ungainly
ungraceful
uniform
unknowing
unraveled
unrefined
unsophisticated
untangled
untutored
unvaried
unvarnished
unworldly
wide-eyed
wooden

Meanings of sophisticated

verb
1. To make less natural or innocent.
2. To practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
3. To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
4. To make more complex or refined.
adjective
1. Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
2. Elegant, refined.
3. Complicated, especially of complex technology.
4. Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
5. Dishonest or misleading.
6. Impure; adulterated.

Example Sentences

Her sophisticated taste in fashion made her stand out at the event.
The sophisticated technology behind the new smartphone impressed everyone.
He gave a sophisticated analysis of the current economic situation.
The artist used a sophisticated technique to create the intricate design.
They have a sophisticated understanding of global politics, which helps in their decision-making.

On this page you'll find 317 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sophisticated, such as: Byzantine, Kafkaesque, abbreviated, adult, adulterated, amiable, appealing.

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